Alberta’s police watchdog is investigating an officer-involved shooting in Calgary’s southeast early Sunday.

Shortly after 4 a.m., Calgary police responded to an incident in a parking lot of a shopping complex in the 200 block of Shawville Boulevard S.E., for reports of a suspicious person allegedly armed with a bat and making threatening statements.

Police encountered a man, believed to be in his 30s, and said the situation escalated resulting in the man being shot by police.

After the man was shot, police said he failed to comply with demands and officers used additional force to take him into custody and get medical attention.

EMS spokesman Adam Loria said one person, believed to be the same man, was taken to hospital in connection with the incident, though the severity of injuries was not known.

A large machete-type knife was recovered at the scene.

No officers were injured.

The officer who shot the suspect is an 11-year member of the force and is now on a 30-day administrative leave while the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team investigates.

Police are investigating a crime scene in a shopping centre at Shawville Boulevard on Sunday, August 25, 2019. Azin Ghaffari/Postmedia Calgary

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